Greg Tegart

{{Short description|Australian public servant (1929–2023}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Greg Tegart | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|FTSE}} | image = | image_size = | caption = | office1 = Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology | term_start1 = 24 December 1981 | term_end1 = 13 December 1984 | office2 = Secretary of the Department of Science | term_start2 = 13 December 1984 | term_end2 = 24 July 1987 | birth_name = William John McGregor Tegart | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|03|27|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|07|04|1929|03|27|df=y}} | death_place = | occupation = Academic and public servant | years_active = | website = | parents = | siblings = | spouse = | alma_mater = University of Melbourne<br />RMIT University<br />University of Sheffield | children = }}

'''William John McGregor''' "'''Greg'''" '''Tegart''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM|FTSE}} (27 March 1929 – 4 July 2023) was an Australian senior public servant. He was latterly an adjunct professor at Victoria University.

==Early life== William John McGregor Tegart was born on 27 March 1929.<ref name=EnclycloScience>{{citation |url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002664b.htm |archivedate=22 January 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122024420/http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002664b.htm |publisher=National Library of Australia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Australian Science |title=Biographical entry: Tegart, William John McGregor (1929 - )}}</ref> He was educated at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University of Melbourne and University of Sheffield.<ref name=EnclycloScience/>

==Career== Tegart first joined the Australian Public Service in 1947 as a laboratory assistant and technical officer with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.<ref name=EnclycloScience/>

Tegart was appointed Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology in 1981.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=12 December 1981|title=New Secretary named|page=3|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126864899|url-status=live|archivedate=18 March 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318105955/http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/126864899}}</ref>

Tegart retired from the public service in 1993.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.atse.org.au/Documents/Publications/Reports/Health%20&%20Tech/Smart%20Tech%20for%20Healthy%20Longevity%20-%20Report.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425100644/http://www.atse.org.au/Documents/Publications/Reports/Health%20%26%20Tech/Smart%20Tech%20for%20Healthy%20Longevity%20-%20Report.pdf |archivedate=25 April 2013 |page=v |publisher=The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |date=May 2010 |isbn=978-1-921388-11-8 |title=Smart technology for healthy longevity: Report of a study by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Death== Tegart died on 4 July 2023, at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr William John McGregor Tegart AM |url=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/483955/william-john-mcgregor-greg-tegart/?r=https://tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries/theage-au/ |access-date=5 January 2024 |publisher=The Age |date=8 July 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and honours== In June 1990, Tegart was made a Member of the Order of Australia in recognition of service to science and technology.<ref>{{citation|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886054|archivedate=6 June 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606192311/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/886054|publisher=Australian Government|title=Search Australian Honours: TEGART, William John McGregor}}</ref>

Tegart was a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.cfses.com/staff/gtegart.htm|title=Prof. Greg Tegart, Adjunct Professor|archivedate=13 July 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713135554/http://www.cfses.com/staff/gtegart.htm|publisher=Victoria University Centre for Strategic Economic Studies}}</ref>

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